Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are critical to sustaining our planet, but they come with a big challenge: they don't always generate power when it's needed. To make the most of them, we ...

A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.

Chemists have demonstrated that water remediation can be powered in part -- and perhaps even exclusively -- by renewable energy sources. Using electrochemistry to separate different particles within a ...

Solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy technologies are becoming increasingly widespread worldwide. Most of ...

This MIT study highlights the critical role of geography in renewable energy planning. Building renewable projects based on ...

You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news about the global fight against climate change. A decade ago, the cheapest way to meet growing demand for electricity was to build ...

To decarbonize the electrical grid, companies are finding creative ways to store energy during periods of low demand. A carbon dioxide storage prototype built by Energy Dome in Ottana, Sardinia.Credit ...

For the first time in history, clean energy has outshone coal. In the first half of 2025, renewables led by solar and wind generated more electricity worldwide than coal, according to new data from ...

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A decade ago, our present renewable energy situation was unimaginable. Most projections had wind and solar as niche players on the electric grid due to their relatively high cost. In the US, the ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Global clean energy spending is expected to surge 12 percent in 2022, reaching $1.4 trillion as the world pours money into renewables, electric vehicles and energy efficiency, according ...